Saltus Grammar School - Yearbook (Hamilton, Bermuda)

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ARTISTS CRAFTSMEN AND WRITERS Beginnings After a few weeks in J4Z we found that; ' The junior school is pretty good and the field is alright. ' ' When I first came I was very nervous but I got settled down fast. ' ' I thought that I would have a good time here — and I have. ' ' On the first day of school I was so mixed up I went into the wrong class. ' ' As the days went by I began to like it at my new school. We have monitors to take care of us. ' ' When I first went to school I was Nervous — but I came through it. ' ' I love the school rules — except the one about not talking. ' ' I Hke to swim in the Saltus pool and I like the iced pops. ' ' I like Friday because it ' s doughnut day. ' ' At recess time in the quad we can play marbles and cars and cards, but there is one thing that I don ' t like and this is that you can ' t run. ' ' We can wear soccer boots at lunchtime. ' (?jz) ' I keep getting blisters from my football boots. That ' s the last time I forget my football socks! Cinquains (by J4L) Summer, Hot, boiling. Sweaty on forehead. Dripping off hair tips, Heat. Jason Cook Spaghetti, Horrible sauce. Slippery and shmy, Looks like string. Embroidered Rope. Patrick Singleton Snakes by J. Young Rattlesnakes, Rainbow coloured. Slithers through grass, Shakes like baby ' s rattle, Scales. Jay Rewalt Ant, Small insect, Bothers me so. Kill it! Kill it! Bug. Simon Leighton Daydreamer, Doesn ' t follow. Looking at birds. Some boys don ' t hsten. Dozy. Jeffrey Shaw s.o.s. The year: — 1976, day: — Monday, time: — 3.45 p.m. Jose Rameirez an explorer was going to be the first man to deny Mother Nature ' s fury. He watched with bulging eyes as a polar bear emerged from the water to see a walrus chasing child. He was also fascinated by the beautiful scenery surrounding him. He looked up, and saw a large piece of ice looming over him. That ought to keep the cold out, he thought. As the day dragged on, he took out his harpoon to hunt for something to eat. He caught a fur seal and dagger fish. This day won ' t go to waste, he said to himself. I am sure of it. But Mother Nature could spoil that, he said. Well, back to the tent. He took out his not book and wrote the following, Good so far. Unhurt. Code No. 184192A He wrote down this information for safety, just in case he got kidnapped, or brought to the wrong place. Since the day was still young, he went out to do some exploring. He found the fossil of a whale, a seal, a dying octupus, a dead walrus, a lobster and a very rare fish. He put all these things in his boxing bag and wrote all the names of what he found in his note book. Evening came soon, and the clear sky turned misty with fog. The day ended somewhat boringly. But Mother Nature had some tricks up sleeves. He wrote, and wrote, until his fingers almost fell off. All of a sud- den, a storm arose. The howling winds almost blew Jose ' s tent off its props. He fell asleep in a few minutes. Above him creaked the giant iceblock. It swayed to and fro until it fell down, down, plummeting to its target. But Jose slept on. Crushed by the stunning blow, he died in a few minutes. Once more Mother Nature has proved that nobody could overcome her... Colwyn Burchall 5B 31

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Meeting the Queen Brenton Tucker ' s essay on Why I would like to meet the Queen won an island-wide contest, and gave him the honour of presenting Her Majesty with a bouquet on her recent refuelling stop in Bermuda. On Tuesday afternoon Miss Wilkie called me into her office and asked me to read my essay to her. That evening I told my dad that I had won and he couldn ' t believe it. On Wednesday ZFB came to interview me and on the same night I had to go to the Royal Gazette to be in the paper. Then ZBM called me up to go and read my essay on TV. On Saturday we had to practice the Queen ' s visit. Instead of using the Queen ' s plane they used a small army aircraft, (in the pouring rain too!) As the lady acting as Queen came every body quickly got in their positions. After the lady saw everyone she then got in a horse carriage and rode off. On Sunday I was feeling most excited. After an hour ' s wait 1 rode in John Swan ' s car to the airport. Soon after we got to the landing spot the jet appeared. When it came to a stop the red carpet was rolled out. The Queen met everybody and I presented her with the flowers. It was all over very quickly. On Thursday I got a letter from the Queen saying she was upset because it was only a short slop. I also had a nole of thanks from Sir .John Sharpe. Hrciilon I iicker ,141, ( ' • iiuijcsfy! hy .lona Yoiiii 30

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Flying Saucers by Jonathan Young Flying Saucers I was climbing over tiie stile when I stopped dead. I stared with disbelieving eyes at Farmer Jenkins ' meadow down by the river. The black and white cows had gone. There, sitting in the very middle of the meadow was a large round silver thing. Around its edge were windows. Sticking out of the top was a long V-shaped aerial. Yes, it could only be a flying saucer! As I crept near it a big gangway came down and a big alien with sharp pointed ears and no nose stepped out!! he moved towards me. I could not run for my feet were glued to the ground. He Hfted the long stick he was carrying and as he did so a laser beam shot out at me. My head began to rotate until I passed out. When I woke up I was in a room with a very bad aroma. I looked around and other people were talk- ing in a melancholy way. They soon told me that we were going to the planet Saturn to be studied and killed! That night a luminous robot came in and gave us our dinner. He did not speak one word. As I looked out of the win- dow I could see we were going into orbit. I estimated we were travelling at 20,000,000 m.p.h. so it only took us 2 hours to get to Saturn. When we landed I noticed that we were only a minor part of the things they had taken. There were pigs, goats, cows, tigers, deer, sheep, turtles and many others. There was even an elephant! We were taken through a sealed tunnel into a large toom full of alien people. Standing on a platform was what had to be the leader. He was a shrewd man with a vertical body. He said, Greetings earthlings, I hope you had a pleasant flight, you will be taken to the study room to be examined . So with that he walked away. They took me to the study room and took my watch. Then they took X-rays of me. I was then taken to a prison where a guard watched over me. It was light in the prison and in the corner I noticed a small, cute, hairy creature. His name was William. He came from a dif- ferent planet than Saturn. 1 asked, Why don ' t we try lo escape? Yes , he said, Yes . So 1 started to hit the door with my fist so that the guard came in and when he did I knocked him out and took his laser gun. Then we ran out and down the tunnel. We were met by a patrol of alien guards which charged. They were so sur- prised they could not fight so we won. Soon we came to the spaceship and 1 killed the guard. We look the spaceship to the planel where William lived and I liked it so much I decided lo stay llicrc for the rest of my life. Guy Hamshcre .151. Just Suppose 1. Just suppose that I had all the chinas in the world. 2. ... that you only had to write one word or sum every night. 3. ... that it rained money and it was one hundred dollar bills time. 4. ... that you had a calculator in your head. 5. ... that a VG a night keeps the science away 6. ... that you were Pacman. 7. ... that I had a china maker. 8. ... that you had a junk food maker. 9. ... that a dollar a day keeps school away. 10. ... that your Birthday was every day. Bishy McDonnell J6A International marathon route by S. Henagulph Marbles by Joel Froomkin 32